Sven: Seychelles is a holiday destination not a footballing nation

Chipolopolo boss Sven Vandenbroeck says Seychelles is more of a holiday destination than a football country. Zambia will face the winner between Seychelles and Botswana on the route to the 2020 Ethiopia CHAN tournament.

The Belgian said he did not have enough information on the two possible opponents for Chipolopolo and will need to research to get any idea of how they play.

“I have no idea about Seychelles for me it is a holiday country than football. We need to go deep to research. Botswana is also not well known to me. I will request to watch these games live,” he said.

The Belgian was speaking this morning at football house during a press conference as he rolled his programme for 2019.

The Belgians contract will come to an end in March but he is confident it will be renew. Sven feels both parties are willing to continue the partnership.

“We both have the intention to continue. For now all I can say is there is willingness from both parties to continue,” he said.

The former Cameroon assistant coach was hired to take Chipolopolo to the 2019 AFCON which he failed but it seems the Football Association of Zambia are keen on keeping the Belgian despite the AFCON failure. He has also unveiled two local squads for camps in Lusaka and Ndola on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

Zambia have a small matter of a dead rubber Egypt 2019 AFCON qualifier against Namibia in Botswana, 2019 COSAFA senior challenge Cup in may and CHAN qualifiers in July.

The squad has been separated into two reduce on player travels. Players from Zesco United, Nkana, Napsa Stars and Nakambala who have midweek games have been exempted